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U.S. Unemployment Rate by State

The following table lists the unemployment rate in the United States in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008, according to the state name in alphabetical order.

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	2003	2004	2005	2008
United States	6.0%	5.5%	5.1%	5.8%
Alabama	5.8	5.6	4.0	5.0
Alaska	7.7	7.5	6.8	6.7
Arizona	5.7	5.0	4.7	5.5
Arkansas	5.9	5.7	4.9	5.1
California	6.8	6.2	5.4	7.2
Colorado	6.2	5.5	5.0	4.0
Connecticut	5.5	4.9	4.9	5.7
Delaware	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.8
District of Columbia	7.2	8.2	6.5	7.0
Florida	5.3	4.8	3.8	6.2
Georgia	4.7	4.6	5.3	6.2
Hawaii	3.9	3.3	2.8	3.9
Idaho	5.3	4.7	3.8	4.9
Illinois	6.7	6.2	5.7	6.5
Indiana	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.9
Iowa	4.4	4.8	4.6	4.1
Kansas	5.6%	5.5%	5.1%	4.4
Kentucky	6.2	5.3	6.1	6.4
Louisiana	6.3	5.7	7.1	4.6
Maine	5.0	4.6	4.8	5.4
Maryland	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.4
Massachusetts	5.8	5.1	4.8	5.3
Michigan	7.1	7.1	6.7	8.4
Minnesota	4.9	4.7	4.0	5.4
Mississippi	6.4	6.2	7.9	6.9
Missouri	5.6	5.7	5.4	6.1
Montana	4.4	4.4	4.0	4.5
Nebraska	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.3
Nevada	5.1	4.3	4.1	6.7
New Hampshire	4.5	3.8	3.6	3.8
New Jersey	5.9	4.8	4.4	5.5
New Mexico	5.9	5.7	5.3	4.2
New York	6.4	5.8	5.0	5.4
North Carolina	6.5	5.5	5.2	6.3
North Dakota	3.6%	3.4%	3.4%	3.2%
Ohio	6.2	6.1	5.9	6.5
Oklahoma	5.6	4.8	4.4	3.8
Oregon	8.1	7.4	6.1	6.4
Pennsylvania	5.7	5.5	5.0	5.4
Puerto Rico	12.0	10.6	11.3	NA
Rhode Island	5.4	5.2	5.0	7.8
South Carolina	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9
South Dakota	3.5	3.5	3.9	3.0
Tennessee	5.5	5.4	5.6	6.4
Texas	6.7	6.1	5.3	4.9
Utah	5.7	5.2	4.3	3.4
Vermont	4.5	3.7	3.5	4.8
Virginia	4.1	3.7	3.5	4.0
Washington	7.4	6.2	5.5	5.3
West Virginia	6.0	5.3	5.0	4.3
Wisconsin	5.6	4.9	4.7	4.7
Wyoming	4.4	3.9	3.6	3.1